The alt element provides an element equivalent of the alt attribute on the image element. As an element, it provides direct text entry within an XML editor and is more easily accessed than an attribute for translation.
The use of the alt attribute is deprecated but still supported. The alt element is the preferred way of indicating alternative text for an image.
( text data or keyword or option or parmname or apiname or cmdname or msgnum or varname or wintitle or term) (any number)
Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required? |
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%univ-atts; (%select-atts;, %id-atts;, translate, xml:lang) | A set of related attributes, described at univ-atts | parameter entity | PE not applicable | Not applicable |
%global-atts; (xtrf, xtrc) | A set of related attributes, described at global-atts | parameter entity | PE not applicable | Not applicable |
class, outputclass | Common attributes described in othercommon |
The markup for alt text within an image looks like this:
<image href="tip-ing.jpg"/> <alt>Here's a Tip!</alt> </image>